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Review Article
Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
Table 2
18F-FDG PET and PET/CT qualitative diagnostic criteria.
Number of studies
Description
2
Positive/negative or normal/abnormal
3
Visual grading scale
0: none; 1: slight; 2: marked; 3: intense
5
Visual grading scale
0: no uptake; 1: lower than liver; 2: similar to liver; 3: more than liver